Asia Maritime

Who speaks for US on N. Korea? Contradictions emerge as Tillerson heads to Asia

August 2, 2017

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Korea will be a nuclear power”,”duration”:”00:45″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/world/2017/07/31/north-korea-will-be-nuclear-power-hayden-sot-newday.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”world/2017/07/31/north-korea-will-be-nuclear-power-hayden-sot-newday.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170731080628-general-michael-hayden-newday-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/world/2017/07/31/north-korea-will-be-nuclear-power-hayden-sot-newday.cnn/video/playlists/north-korea-tensions/”,”description”:”General Michael Hayden told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota and John Berman that North Korea will become a nuclear power, and there is not much the US can do to avoid it. “,”descriptionText”:”General Michael Hayden told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota and John Berman that North Korea will become a nuclear power, and there is not much the US can do to avoid it. “},{“title”:”How much damage can North Korea’s weapons do?”,”duration”:”01:07″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/world/2017/04/05/how-much-damage-could-north-korea-do-orig-mobile.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”world/2017/04/05/how-much-damage-could-north-korea-do-orig-mobile.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170405150356-kim-thumb-1-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/world/2017/04/05/how-much-damage-could-north-korea-do-orig-mobile.cnn/video/playlists/north-korea-tensions/”,”description”:”CNN’s Will Ripley explains how devastating North Korea’s weapons could be.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s Will Ripley explains how devastating North Korea’s weapons could be.”},{“title”:”Why does North Korea hate the US?”,”duration”:”01:53″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/world/2017/07/04/why-north-korea-hates-the-us-ejk-lon-orig.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”world/2017/07/04/why-north-korea-hates-the-us-ejk-lon-orig.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/161213150939-trump-kim-jong-un-split-amanpour-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/world/2017/07/04/why-north-korea-hates-the-us-ejk-lon-orig.cnn/video/playlists/north-korea-tensions/”,”description”:”The North Korean regime teaches its citizens to hate America. But why? CNN’s Will Ripley explains how it all started. “,”descriptionText”:”The North Korean regime teaches its citizens to hate America. But why? CNN’s Will Ripley explains how it all started. “},{“title”:”Markey: No good military option in North Korea”,”duration”:”02:10″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/us/2017/07/31/markey-military-action-only-escalate-north-korea-ath-sot.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”us/2017/07/31/markey-military-action-only-escalate-north-korea-ath-sot.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170627193419-ed-markey-gop-bill-health-care-heartlesness-sot-00001404-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/us/2017/07/31/markey-military-action-only-escalate-north-korea-ath-sot.cnn/video/playlists/north-korea-tensions/”,”description”:”Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) of the Foreign Relations Committee says there is no good military option as a solution for handling North Korea. 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CNN’s Will Ripley reports.”},{“title”:”North Korea threatens nuclear strike on US”,”duration”:”00:46″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/world/2017/07/25/north-korea-nuclear-strike-on-us-if-regime-threatened-starr-sot-tsr.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”world/2017/07/25/north-korea-nuclear-strike-on-us-if-regime-threatened-starr-sot-tsr.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170704030001-north-korea-kim-jong-un-icbm-missile-test-hancocks-lklv-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/world/2017/07/25/north-korea-nuclear-strike-on-us-if-regime-threatened-starr-sot-tsr.cnn/video/playlists/north-korea-tensions/”,”description”:”North Korea threatened a nuclear strike on “the heart of the US” if it attempts to remove Kim Jong Un as Supreme Leader, Pyongyang’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reported.”,”descriptionText”:”North Korea threatened a nuclear strike on “the heart of the US” if it attempts to remove Kim Jong Un as Supreme Leader, Pyongyang’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reported.”},{“title”:”New North Korean missile might reach US”,”duration”:”02:14″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com/shows/newsroom”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/world/2017/07/29/north-korea-missile-ripley-lok.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”world/2017/07/29/north-korea-missile-ripley-lok.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170729004445-nk-missile-launch-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/world/2017/07/29/north-korea-missile-ripley-lok.cnn/video/playlists/north-korea-tensions/”,”description”:”North Korea has launched a new missile that may be able to reach major US cities such as Chicago and Denver. 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